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Networked Indexer/Driver User Manual
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1.8 Connecting the Motor (continued)
1.8.3 Motor Wiring
A Networked Driver will work with many different motors, including those not sold by AMCI. This section
assumes that you have already chosen your motor and you are looking for wiring information. No wire colors
are given in the figures below because there is no single industry wide color coding scheme for stepper
motors. You must refer to your motor data sheets for this information.
A wiring document for all of the motors ever sold by AMCI is available on our website. This single document
contains all of the information necessary to connect any AMCI motor to any AMCI driver. At the time of this
manual revision, the wiring manual can be found in the
PDF Documents
section of the website. It is under the
Stepper Motor
heading, and link is simply called “wiring”.
Figure T1.5 shows how to wire a motor to a Networked Driver in series, parallel, or center-tap configurations.
Figure T1.5 Motor Wiring
Eight Lead Series Connected
INTERLOCK
B CTAP
B
B
EARTH GND
A CTAP
INTERLOCK
A
A
Eight Lead Parallel Connected
B
B
A
A
6
LEAD
MOTOR
Six Lead Series Connected
B
B
A
A
6
LEAD
MOTOR
Six Lead Center Tap Connected
B
B
A
A
4
LEAD
MOTOR
Four Lead Connected
1) Refer to the torque vs.speed curves
on your motor’s specifications sheet to
determine if you should wire the motor
to the Networked Driver in series, par-
allel, or center-tap configurations.
2) Motor connections should be tight.
Loose connections may lead to arcing
which will heat the connector. Phoenix
Contact specifies a tightening torque
of 4.4 to 5.4 lb-in (0.5 to 0.6 Nm)
